Apparently, the moderator didn't like the way I phrased my last comment. simply put dr., you've attempted to insult our intelligence and only made youself look likr the the south end of a horse travelling north.

Quite an amusing article Dr. Popler. I don't doubt the veracity of your piece, I do however doubt the honesty and demeanor of the inspector you accompanied. Unaccompanied these people are generally rude and and disdain doing the work they are paid to do and for the restaurant owners and workers. Your saying that this location was displaying an A grade from the previous inspection and now upon re=inspection has turned into a total crap hole or maybe the previous inspector was "greased'? I've been in the restaurant business for 20 years and have been the subject of and witness to 100's of DOH inspections. I've known inspectors that actually knew the rules and too many more that are clueless and sent out to solely collect fines. When after inspection you are finally called for your "tribunal"(their word not mine) as the respondent you have absolutely no recourse with the DOH but to sit, listen and pay the fine. You may hire a lawyer but just how much do we have to spend before we can no longer afford to stay in business? The result being wether you are right or wrong you have to pay the fine. Bloomberg should be ashamed of himself. His silence is deafening. This Dept. and administration is corrupt.

Serda: you don't go from having an A rating to being closed in a that a short period of time unless you have raw sewage running through your place or are serving live chickens. Problem is what one inspector considers a violation the other dosen't, many times I've been inspected and it was like they were making the rules up as they went along.There is no consistency among inspectors. I guess its time to start cutting back on inspectors because who needs them if there aren't as many restaurants to inspect.

This has everything to do with Staten Island. What happens in the rest of the city, happens here. Its only a matter of time before it affects you. Better to find out now what the next show comin' down the pike is before it tries to moves in nextdoor.

I really have to agree with Pam on this one. My pleasure is a little over the top but No problem is well below an acceptable response to a request of a waiter by a patron.. I never thought it would be a problem. I thought thats they worked in the hospitality business and why we tipped them.

Its not a matter of controlling anyone else, it is however expecting adults to control themselves. Everyone in the restaurant is obviously out to enjoy a meal without having someone intruding on their space. Want to be loud, intrusive and rude, go to a gin mill. Eavesdropping is the intentional listening of anothers conversation. Intrusion is having to listen to them. Need to use your cellphone? Excuse yourself and go to a quiet area other than the diningroom, thats why pay phones were in the lobby. It sounds by your post that perhaps you are lacking in the simplest of social graces and common courtesy!